Dispensing carton



June 19, 1951 T. E. PIAZZE DISPENSING CARTON 2 Sheets-Sheet l f/zwm ggg Filed March 12, 1948 Juhe 19, 1951 p 25 2,557,839

2 Sheets Sheet 2 F Patented June 19, 1951 DISPENSING CARTON Thomas E. Piazza, Mount Vernon, Ohio, assignor to Shellmar Products Corporation, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Delaware Application March 12, 1948, Serial No. 14,579

I 4 Claims. (01. 206-58) This invention relates to improvements in dispensing cartons. More particularly, it pertains to a dispensing carton made from a single blank of cut and scored material adhesively secured toether in collapsible position for shipping and which, when erected, will receive a rolled-up commodity which is sealed into the carton by sealed end walls and by a sealed top wall cover which provides a tamper-proof dispensing carton, whereby the commodity cannot be reached until the cover is provided with an opening through which the rolled-up commodity can continuously be dispensed as needed.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a carton for a rolled-up commodity, which carton can be sealed so that it is tamper-proof and which has a cover which cannot be opened until an aperture is placed therein, through which the rolled-up material continuously can be dispensed as desired.

More specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a dispensing carton for a rolled-up commodity sealed therein, which carton is made from a single blank of cut and scored board material having front, bottom and rear walls and in which the end'walls are secured together, a double wall cover arrangement in which one cover is hinged to the front wall while the other end of the cover is secured to the rear wall to provide a tamper-proof top wall cover, the top wall cover being perforated to provide an opening transversely between the end walls to free it from the rear wall to permit access to the commodity and through which an end of the rolledup commodity can be passed in order to dispense the same continuously as needed, and the other cover being hinged to the rear wall and protectively overlying the first or top wallcover so that the rolled-up material will be dispensed from between said double cover arrangement.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter. v

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing the features, properties, and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a single cut and scored blank of board material which can be erected into a carton embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank depicted in Fig. 1, folded over upon itself and secured together in flattened position showing a lower cover with a portion broken away, overlying the lower cover so that the carton can readily be shipped and subsequently squared into erected position for fillin purposes when needed;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the blank of folded upon the extension flaps of the upper cover, and in overlapped position, to provide the inner end walls extending from the front and rear walls, to which the outer end flaps exte from the bottom wall are secured;

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view, somewhat enlarged, of a completed tamper-proof carton with a rolled-up commodity sealed therein;

Fig. l is a view similar toFig. 6 showing the upper cover in raised position and the lower cover broken open to free it from the rear walland to provide an opening to permit it to swing upwardly in the manner of the upper cover;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. '7 showing both upper and lower covers opened to permit access to the rolled-up commodity so that the commodity readily can be reached and in order that a web" thereof can easily be drawn up out of the carton;

and

Fig. 9 is a view in which the upper and lower covers have been replaced in position with the end of the rolled-up commodity passing through the dispensing opening and between the upper and lower covers.

The carton shown in the drawings is particularly adaptable for such rolled-up tubular material as is described in the copending application of Thomas R. Baxter and Thomas E. Piazze, Serial No. 715,940, filed December 13, 1946, now abandoned. Briefly, that application has to do with a rolled-up endless and seamless plastic tube, for example, a polyethylene tube which is in sterilized condition and transversely sealed to provide sections that can be cut therefrom to be used, for example, as disposable infants feeding bottles.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a carton which contains a roll of such material completely sealed therein in order to protect the sterilized commodity until the same is ready for use. This is accomplished by mak ing it necessary to first separate the lower cover hinged to the front wall and an upper cover, to from the rear wall, access to the commodity then being readily permitted. However, in order to make dispensing easy, and further, in order to maintain the commodity as free as possible from foreign matter. a double cover arrangement is provided so that the material can be stripped from between such covers without constantly opening either or both in order to gain access to the commodity. With such a novel arrangement thepossibility of contamination to even theouter walls of such a rolled-up commodity is appreciably reduced. It will be understood that the carton can readily be adapted to other forms of rolled commodities for various purposes and this is within the contemplation of the invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, there is shown in Fig. l a die-cut, crease-lined and perforated blank of paperboard material indicated generally at Ill. It comprises a series of panels which form a bottom wall ll, front and rear walls l2 and I3 respectively, a lower cover l4 and an upper cover l5, all of which are formed by the transverse crease lines l6, i1, i8, i3, 20, and the longitudinal crease lines 2| and 22.

The lower cover H has an extension panel, indicated generally at 23, extending beyond the crease line 20. This panel is divided into two sections, preferably by a perforated line 24 which is a severance line more fully to be explained hereinafter. This divides the panel 23 into two parts, namely, an under tuck-in marginal flap 2!, and a glue flap 25.

The front wall |2 has extension flaps 21 and 23 and the rear wall |3 also has extension flaps 23 and 30 defined by the crease lines 2| and 22. These flaps preferably are of an area such that they will partly overlap when the carton is erected. They provide inner end walls, receiving extension flaps of the bottom wall, to which flaps they are glued. They also function as a barrier to prevent the glue, or sealing adhesive, from entering the carton and reaching the extension fiaps of the outer cover member as will appear more fully hereinafter.

The extension flaps 3| and 32 of the bottom wall. provide the outer end walls to which adhesive, or glue, preferably is applied and they are thus glued to the inner end walls, or flaps 21, 29, and 28, 30, respectively.

The lower cover also has extension flaps 33 and 34 respectively and the outer cover l5 similarly has extension flaps 35 and 36. The extension flaps 33 through 35 each has one edge which is tapered as at 31 to facilitate opening and closing of the cover members.

The base of each extension flap 21 through 36 is defined by the crease lines 2| and 22 along which line each of these flaps is hinged.

In this flattened condition the carton blank is ready to have glue applied to the underside of the glue flap 26. When the glue has thus been applied the panel 23 can then be folded over.

onto the lower cover i4 along the crease line 20.

The lower cover I4 and front wall |2 can then be folded along crease line l8 so that these walls overlie the bottom wall I and rear wall II in such a manner that the glue flap will adhere to the rear wall i3. The upper cover is then folded along the crease line it so as to overlie the lower cover II.

In this folded and secured flattened condition the carton is ready for shipment in stacked lots and remain so until ready for use.

In erecting the carton, pressure against opposite edges along the crease lines It and it will 4 7 example, such as that indicated in the drawings, can he slipped into the resulting tubular structure. The inner cover l4, being sealed by the lue flap 26 to the rear wall l3, holds the carton, thus far formed, in erect position. After the rolled commodity has been slipped into the resulting tubular form in which the carton now appears, the extension flaps 35 and 36 are pushed downwardly carrying with them the extension flaps 33 and 34 respectively so that the latter are innermost against the commodity and the former are disposed outwardly thereof.

The end extension panels 21, 28, and 23, 3|, which constitute the inner end walls, are next folded inwardly as shown in Fig. 5 so that they partly overlap each other with the panels 22 andtfl, connected to the rear wall, lying outermos Glue is then applied to the outer end wall extension flaps 3| and 32, as shown by the stlppling. These flaps are then pressed in sealed position against the inner wall flaps 21, 28, 29, and 3| and adhesively afllxed thereto. The overlap of the panels 21, 28, and 29, 30, prevent the glue from finding access to the panels 35 and 36 which must remain free and clear so that the upper cover I5 freely can be opened.

Thus, there is provided a tamper-proof carton in which the end walls are sealed to prevent access and in which the lower cover is also sealed to prevent tampering with the contents unless the lower cover is cut or freed along the perforated line 24 to permit opening thereof.

When the carton reaches the user and it is desired to dispense a portion of the contents, that is, a, section of the web of rolled commodity contained therein, it is but necessary to raise the inner cover l5 so that its flaps 35 and 3|, which are disposed between the overlapped inner walls 21, 28, and 29, 30, are free and clear thereof. Then, by cutting, or pressing with the fingertip along the perforated line 24, the lower cover M will be separated transversely and marnally to the end walls so that the same can be separated from the glue flap 26 as depicted in Fig. 7. Thereafter, the lower cover I4 is raised so that its end panels 33 and 34 rise free and clear of the carton.

The short marginal panel 25 is then bent along the crease line 20 so that it folds marginally along the underside of the cover l4. Access to the rolled commodity is then comparatively easy and a web thereof can be unrolled therefrom as clearly indicated in Fig. 8.

Thereafter, the cover I4 is replaced so that its flaps 33 and 34 are restored to original position adjacent the ends of the rolled commodity. Reinsertion of these flaps will be easy because the panels 33 and 34, are tapered as at 31. The web will then already have passed through the resulting opening formed marginally adjacent the glue flap 26 and this opening will be comparatively large because of the panel 25 downwardly bent underneath the cover II. This folded under panel also presents a smooth edge for drawing the web therealong.

The panel i5 is next restored to its original position and the flaps 35 and 36 will pass between the extension flaps 33 and 34 respectively and the folded over inner end wall panels 21, 23, 29 and 38. It will also be easy to restore the flaps 35 and 36 because of the tapered edges 31 but, nevertheless, the arrangement is such that they will be held in frictional engagement.

square the same so that a roll of material, for The double cover amusem Provides a spaced apart structure between which the web of material can constantly be drawn. As it is used, suitable lengths can be cut therefrom. such a structure has many advantages. It is not necessary constantly to be opening the upper cover and lower cover l4 and it will be seen that they are arranged so as appreciably to protect the sterilized tubular material in that foreign matter from the outside of the carton cannot readily reach the web. The carton is tamper-proof and access cannot be gained thereto unless the upper cover I5 is first lifted and disengaged and the seal of the lower cover [4 is broken free and clear of the rear wall so that it too must be removed before access to the contents of the carton can be obtained.

It will thus be seen that the objects hereinbefore set forth may readily and efllciently be attained, and since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of the character described comprising a dispensing carton for a rolled-up commodity sealed therein, which carton is made from a single blank of cut and scored board material having front, bottom and rear walls, with secured-together end walls at each end of the carton, a double cover arrangement, one of said covers being hinged to said front wall with the other end of said cover being secured to said rear wall to provide a tamper-proof top wall cover for said sealed-in commodity, said top wall cover being adapted to provide an opening transversely between the end walls to free it from the rear wall to permit access to said commodity and through which opening an end of said rolled-up commodity can be passed whereby the same can be dispensed continuously as needed, and said other cover being hinged to said rear wall overlying said first cover and having a tuck-in flap extension at each end adapted to pass between said sealed end walls and said commodity frictionally to be held therebetween.

2. An article of the character described comprising a dispensing carton for a rolled-up commodity sealed therein, which carton is made from a single blank of cut and scored board material having front, bottom and rear' walls, with secured-together end walls at each end of the carton, a cover which is hinged to said front wall with the other end of said cover being secured to said rear wall on the inner side thereof to provide a tamper-proof top wall cover for said sealed-in commodity, said top wall cover being from said perforation to provide a flap which is folded underneath said cover along said crease line after said cover is freed from said rear wall to provide an enlarged opening through which readily and easily to pass and dispense said commodity.

3. An article of the character described comprising a dispensing carton for a rolled-up commodity sealed therein, which carton is made from a single blank of cut and scored board material having front, bottom and rear walls, with secured-together end walls at each end of the carton, an upper and lower cover arrangement, said lower cover being hinged to said front wall with the other end of said cover being secured to said rear wall to provide a tamper-proof top wall cover for said sealed-in commodity, said top wall cover being adapted to provide an opening transversely between the end walls to free it from the rear wall to permit access to said commodity and through which opening an end of said rolledup commodity can be passed whereby the same can be dispensed continuously as needed, said end walls being provided by extension flaps connected to said front and rear walls to form inner end walls and an extension flap connected to said bottom wall to form outer end walls, and said outer end walls being secured to said inner end walls, and said upper cover having tuck-in fiap extensions at each end passing between said commodity and tuck-in flap extensions of said second cover.

4. An article of the character described comprising a-dispensing carton for a rolled-up commodity sealed therein, which carton is made from -a Single blank of cut and scored board material having front, bottom and rear walls, with securedtogether end walls at each endof the carton, an upper cover and a lower cover said lower cover being hinged to said front wall with the other end of said cover being secured to said rear wall to provide a tamper-proof top wall cover for said sealed-in commodity, said top wall cover being adapted to provide an opening transversely between the end walls to free it from the rear wall to permit access to said commodity and through which opening an end of said rolled-up commodity can be passed whereby the same can be dispensed continuously as needed, and said upper cover being hinged to said rear wall overlying said first cover and having a tuck-in flap extension at each end adapted to pass between said sealed end walls and said commodity frictionally to be held therebetween, said end walls having extension flaps connected to said front and rear walls respectively and with portions,

thereof overlapping each other whereby adhesive applied thereto is prevented from reaching the tuck-in flap extensions of said upper cover, and extension flaps oppositely connected to said bottom wall to form outer end walls which are ad-' hesively secured to said overlapping inner end walls.

THOMAS E. PIAZZE.

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